Mrs. Dalloway chronicles a June day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway–a day that is taken up with running minor errands in preparation for a party and that is punctuated, toward the end, by the suicide of a young man she has never met. In giving an apparently ordinary day such immense resonance and significance–infusing it with the elemental conflict between death and life–Virginia Woolf t…
Roots begins with a birth in an African village in 1750, and ends two centuries later at a funeral in Arkansas. In that time span, an unforgettable cast of men, women, and children come to life, many of them based on the people from Alex Haley's own family tree.
from the back cover: What happens to Bessie's plane?
from the back cover: Anneena helps the family look after Uncle Max's pet.
from the back cover: Who is stealing the orchids?
from the back cover: The magic key takes the children to Australia.
from the back cover: The family have fun at the Highland Games
from the back cover: Floppy wants a go on the skateboard.